Hui Lei
Hui Lei | |
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| Born | China |
| Alma mater | Sun Yat-sen University (B.S.), New York University (M.S.), Columbia University (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation(s) | Computer scientist, software engineer, technology executive |
| Known for | Contributions to cloud computing, big data, mobile computing; IEEE Fellow; Director of Engineering at Meta Platforms Inc. |
Hui Lei is a Chinese-American computer scientist, software engineer, and executive in the technology sector, recognized for his significant contributions to cloud computing, big data, and mobile computing. He holds the distinction of being a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and currently serves as a Director of Engineering at Meta Platforms Inc.
Education
Lei completed his Bachelor of Science degree at Sun Yat-sen University, followed by a Master of Science from New York University, and obtained his Ph.D. in computer science from Columbia University. His doctoral dissertation was entitled "Uncovering and Exploiting the Intrinsic Correlations Between File References."
Career
Prior to his tenure at Meta, Lei held the position of vice president at Futurewei Technologies. Until 2018, he occupied several leadership roles at IBM, including Director and CTO of Watson Health Cloud, as well as being recognized as an IBM Distinguished Engineer and IBM Master Inventor.
Among his notable projects are R3 Messaging, Mercury, and Mobile Crowdsensing. He is credited with more than 90 patents.
Lei also contributed as Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing from 2016 to 2019 and was a member of the IEEE Computer Society board of governors during 2021–2022.
Honors and awards
In 2014, Lei was honored with the IEEE Computer Society T. Michael Elliott Distinguished Service Certificate and was inducted into the IEEE Computer Society Golden Core. He achieved IEEE Fellow status in 2016, acknowledged for his work on scalable and reliable data access within distributed computing systems. The following year, he received the IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award for his pioneering efforts in scalable access to real-world data.